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SILICON VILLAGE

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Smart Software
Testing solutions Inc. (SSTS), the company behind Bangalore basedpCloudy.com -
one of largest mobile device cloud platform, today announced a strategic
investment in Crowd4Test.com, a Bengaluru, India based startup building SaaS
platform for managed Crowd Testing and User Experience testing. The company
also announced its intent to integrate pCloudy and its AI powered Mobile App
Testing platform with Crowd4Test.com with an aim to build world’s largest cloud
platform for mobile and IoT Testing by as early as 2019. As part of the
arrangement, Avinash Tiwari, Co-founder & Director of SSTS will join the
board of Crowd4Test.com.

SSTS Inc. founded in
2015 by Pankaj Goel, Lalit Jain and Avinash Tiwari is leveraging AI and
robotics across its two products, OpKey and pCloudy, to solve some of the
pressing testing needs of enterprises undertaking digital transformation and
IoT journey.

Avinash Tiwari,
Co-Founder of SSTS Inc. said “The investment in Crowd4Test aligns with our
focus of building All-In-One platform for Mobile app and IoT app Testing. By
combining our mobile device cloud and AI powered App certification engine with
2000+ strong global community of testers at Crowd4Test, we are uniquely
positioned to serve mobile testing needs for all segments of our customers from
DIY to Real User Beta Testing and A/B Testing”

SSTS is backed by one of India’s
Leading Early Stage funds – YourNest Angel Fund, along with some of the marquee
angel investors from the industry.

Commenting on this development, Girish
Shivani, Executive director YourNest Angel Fund added – “We are very bullish on
the market for mobile application testing solutions and have seen it grow
significantly over the last few years and is projected to grow to $13.3 billion
market by 2026. SSTS has shown significant traction in this space by
on-boarding 200+ enterprise customers and more than 10,000 mobile developers and
testers over last two years. We are confident that this investment by SSTS team
will help them further expand footprint into this fast-growing segment and
position them as a leader in Mobile application testing space”

Ranganadh Damera,
Founder CEO of Crowd4Test expressed confidence adding “Within a short span of
time, we have been able to create a niche Managed crowd testing platform
trusted by 100+ customers and 2000+ community of tester globally and now by
combining forces with SSTS, we are confident of becoming a leader in our chosen
niche”